homunculus

noun

a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell

a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal

Roots

homohomun- · Latin · man, human culus-culus · Latin · little (diminutive)

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